Backstage Disneyland v04n01 (1965 April)

FINISH THE FUNNY BUNNY! JUST PICK UP YOU

| PENCIL AND CONNECT THE DOTS...THEN COLOR HIM:

> RED, ORANGE, GREEN ይ PURPLE. PUT HIM UNDER YOUR
PILLOW AND, EASTER MORNING TINKERBELL WILL BRING
YOU A HEADACHE!

(Editor’s Note: This time we have an unusual
letter. It’s from an employee to
Walt, but the letter speaks for
itself.)

Dear Walt:

We sit through indoctrination and we hear
how we are part of the Walt Disney organization.
That we are just as much a part of the studio
as we are of everything. This really didn't mean
much to me until I saw “Mary Poppins.”

It was unusual to go to a theatre in the middle
of the week, with first run prices, and see that
theatre packed. I sat next to kids who, for the
first time, were probably going to the show with
their parents. And, deep down inside, I did feel
like the film on that screen was a part of me. It
made me feel kind of proud to know that “ዝዩ”
had put out a film, without violence and sex,
which was a big box-office film. At the risk of
sounding syrupy, thank you, for “Mary Poppins.”

An employee of Disneyland

YOUR EDITOR
“POP-INS”’ OFF

In this issue we feel that we should
mention the most fantastic success,
“Mary Poppins.” So, to brighten up

our editorial page we have a delightful |

picture of the one and only Julie
Andrews (and friend) taken when she
appeared at the Golden Horseshoe.

This issue features many surprises in-
cluding the debut of a new cartoon fea-
ture: “The Man from M.O.T.H.E.R.”
The reason for its title change was that
we felt that everybody at Disneyland
might not have an uncle, but everybody
should have a mother.

Before we say goodbye, we wish you
all a Happy Easter and we want to re-
mind you that our next issue features
the tenth anniversary of — of — of the
end of the Dominguez ranch.

YOU PEOPLE AREN’T
READING THE
MAGAZINE!

We need pictures of Old Disneylanders (old
is being used in the term, chronologically, to
denote the length of service, the age of the
bones). If you worked here in 1955 and have
pictures of yourself in harness, so to speak,
please send them to Wally Boag, c/o Golden
Horseshoe, Disneyland.

BACKSTAGE

DISNEYLAND
Vol. 4, No. ] Spring, 1965

Published three times yearly by the Disneyland
Recreation Club, Disneyland, Calif. Reprint of
material only upon written approval of Disneyland,
1313 Harbor Blvd., Anaheim, Calif.

Editor-in-Cheese Wally Boag
Editorial Poobah Marty Cooper
Head Art Goo Goo Phil Bauer
Goinckle Supervisor Gary Fravel
Feminine Pulchritude Dept. Charlotte Ballard
Shutter Bugs Charlie Nichols

Renie Bardeau

PEOPLE

DISNEYLAND IS RIDES, ATTRACTIONS AND MICKEY MOUSE
BUT MOST IMPORTANT, IT IS PEOPLE, PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND...

Frank McNell

Frank is the foreman on the Jungle
Cruise, and was almost an All-
American football player when he went
to high school (so he says).

Frank was born and attended school
in St. Clairsville, Ohio. He was one of
the star players on his high school foot-
ball team (and he has newspaper clip-
pings to prove it, according to the men
of the Jungle Cruise). Frank says he
won 16 letters in high school, a feat
equaled by only three others in the his-
tory of the school.

After graduating from high school,
Frank attended Kent State College in
Kent, Ohio for one year.

Frank and his wife came to Califor-
nia in 1955 and three days after they
arrived Frank was working with the
construction crew that built Disney-
land. Frank quit his construction job
in June of 1956 to work for Disneyland
on the Mine Train Ride. During his and
the Park’s first summer, he was made
night foreman and he has been a fore-
man ever since. According to Frank,
who says he enjoys working anywhere
in the Park, the Jungle Cruise is his
“first love.”

Frank’s hobby is sports. His favorite
teams are: baseball, the Pittsburgh Pi-
rates; football, Cleveland Browns and
the Trojans of S.C.

Frank works part-time at Melody-
land as a door man for the stage en-
trance and exit. Frank enjoys the job
and says he meets a lot of famous
people.

Frank says he doesn’t drink, but he
enjoys “a good glass of wine.” He also
smokes an occasional cigar which he
calls his “status symbol.”

Mary Hunt

Miss Mary Hunt is better known to
many by her Samoan name, Avefua.
Mary’s full name is Avefua Le Via Ole
Ola which means “Take freely the
water of life.” This name was given to
her by her father who is a Mormon
bishop on American Samoa.

Mary, also a Mormon, was the first
woman to serve as a missionary for
her church in the islands surrounding
Samoa. She served as a missionary for
one year.

Mary, her three brothers and two
sisters were born and raised on Ameri-
can Samoa. She attended an American
government school where she was
taught English. While she was in school
she was selected for the motion picture
“Return from Paradise,” but her father
refused to let her take the part. After
graduating from school she worked as
a hostess-cashier for a vacation resort.
Her job included hostessing all the
VIP’s that came to the island. She has
also been a model for many of the sou-
venir post cards and Christmas cards
still sold in Samoa.

Mary arrived here March 19, 1963.
Her brother sent for her and paid her
way. Shortly after, she came to Disney-
land. Mary says she finds work here
“interesting and wonderful.” “I love it,”
she said. She plans to work here until
she marries then she will go wherever
her husband goes.

Frank Reynolds

Need a desk, a file, or an entire office
moved? Call Maintenance, and they
will probably send Frank Reynolds.

Frank was born in Dubuque, Iowa
and attended school in Omaha, Ne-
braska. After finishing high school,
Frank worked as a bellhop in several
of the larger hotels in Omaha and Sioux
City.

In 1929 he enlisted in the Navy and
served four years. During WW II Frank
rejoined the service; this time serving
in the Army for two years.

After the war Frank married his
wife, Mabel and came to Southern Cali-
fornia. His pre-Disneyland days were
spent as a heavy equipment (crane)
operator, working on freeways and
flood control projects.

Frank came to Disneyland in 1957
and began working in the Maintenance
Department as a truck driver. He says
he enjoys his job and the people with
whom he works.

Most of Frank’s free time is spent
with the Garden Grove Moose Lodge.
He has earned his Fellowship Degree
in the Lodge and is a “ritualist” on the
degree staff. Frank was also a former
governor of the Garden Grove Lodge.

Frank’s favorite pastimes are playing
golf, fishing, and taking care of his
three dogs, a samoyed, a beagle, and a
dachshund.

Frank McNell

Mary Hunt

Frank Reynolds

Linda Morse

Linda Morse

Linda is the “Advertising-Promotion
Coordinator’ for the Marketing
Division. She claims that pronouncing
her title is the hardest part of her job,
and that most of her time is spent trying
to keep tabs on Frank Forsyth.

Linda was born, raised, and went to
school in Pasadena. She attended
UCLA for two years and majored in
bacteriology. She now lives in Glendale
about six blocks from the Disney
studio.

Linda has worked for the Disney or-
ganization for nine and a half years.
Her first four years at the studio were
spent with the accounting department
working on Walt’s T.V. and movie pro-
duction costs. When she came to Dis-
neyland she joined the Group Services
Department under Milt Albright and
later became Ed Ettinger’s secretary.
Today she has her own office in the
administration building entitled “the
Gold Room.” It’s the only office in the
building with a star attached to the
door. One might wonder if she has a
secret ambition.

Linda’s prize possession is a new
olive-green Mustang which she insists
is the “neatest” car. She has two tickets
to prove it. “Tony Virginia liked it so
much that he went down and bought
one just like it,” she said.

Linda is an avid horse riding enthusi-
ast. She goes riding every weekend at
Griffith Park and, she says, “when they
let me, at Santa Anita.”

By the way, she's still single.

Ed Tachauer

Ed is the tall, thin, greying, man who
is usually seen driving the Disneyland
truck in and out of the Park. Ed works
in the traffic division and drives his
truck between Disneyland and the Stu-
dio at least once a day.

Since coming to work at the Park Ed
estimates he has made the round trip
over 2,000 times and in all that time he
has never had an accident. During these
nine years he has carried everything
from native warriors (which caused a
great deal of excitement from people
who thought they were real— since then
they are always covered) to 500 pi-
geons; boxes of worms for 10ጠ
Sawyer's Island; assorted horses tails;
mannequins of Fess Parker; and almost
all of the wild animals for the jungle
cruise. It would be a safe guess to say
that Ed has carried parts of everything
in the Park. |

Ed was born in Toronto, Canada. He
worked for the Toronto Transportation
Commission as a bus driver before

coming to Southern California. He also
drove a bus in Long Beach before com-
ing to the Magic Kingdom.

Ed served six years in the Canadian
Army Signal Corps during WW II. He
arrived in France three days after
D-Day and fought up to Oldenberg,
Germany.

Ed has a wife, Jean, and a daughter,
Linda. Linda is 16 years old and attends
Anaheim High School.

His hobby: watching auto races.

Ed Mackie

Ed is a native of Scotland and has
served most of his 50 years with the
Colonial British Police in such colorful
places as Palestine, Ceylon, and Tan-
ganyika.

Ed says he was born a “long, long
time ago” in Glasgow, Scotland. He
attended school in Glasgow and upon
graduating worked as an apprentice
engineer for an automobile company.
After working other assorted jobs he
volunteered for Her Majesty's Colonial
Police which had stations throughout
the British Empire. His choice was
Shanghai but he was sent to Palestine.

Ed received his police training in
Jerusalem and was stationed in Gaza.
He served in Palestine for two years as
a British Constable Investigator. Later
he was put in charge of a jail. While
serving in Palestine he passed two law
exams, Arabic and Hebrew exams, and
other police exams.

In 1936 he was sent to Ceylon, re-
ceived more training, and served as
Sub-Inspector and Public Prosecutor in
Columbo. Ed said he prosecuted over
a hundred cases a month.

When England entered WW II in
1939, Ed was transferred to the Intelli-
gence branch of the Colonial Police but
remained in Ceylon.

In October of 1940 Ed married a
woman from Seattle, Washington,
whom he had met in Ceylon. After a
six-month honeymoon in Australia he
was sent to Tanganyika in East Africa.

In Tanganyika Ed was put in charge

of a Police District which covered over
15,000 square miles. Later he learned
Swahili, became a roving inspector
serving in many districts and prose-
cuted all cases including murder. Ed’s
most important case was one in which
he sentenced nine men for a murder
charge. Eight were given life imprison-
ment and one was hung. Ed served in
Tanganyika until his retirement in 1957
at the rank of Superintendent.

Upon retirement Ed and his wife re-
turned to Scotland, picked up their son
Keith who was going to school, and
came to the U.S. and settled in Costa

Mesa because they liked the climate.

In 1961, Ed came to work in Disney-
land for the Cash Control department.
Soon he will be working for Celebrities
in the Personnel Department. His son
Keith also works for the Park during
the summer and is attending San Fran-
cisco State College.

During his spare time Ed. writes
novels and articles. He has re-written
the book Rampage for the motion pic-
ture released last year and also sold an
article to the M.D. magazine. Currently
he has written a book of African short
stories which he is trying to sell.

Pretty soon we’re going to be a tran-
sistorized, battery-operated muscle-less
society. Yesterday a kid showed up for
his first little league game. They gave
him a bat and he wanted to know where
to plug it in. But it’s the electric tooth-
brush I’m fascinated by. What if the
brush is A.C. and your teeth are D.C.
I just don’t agree with those people who
think an electric toothbrush is decadent.
And neither does my bath maid. Of
course my teenage son has a stick shift
on his toothbrush. His toothbrush came
with a guarantee, to clean the tooth, the
whole tooth and nothing but the tooth.
And the best part is it gives a terrific
gum massage! And if you don’t believe
it, get a pack of gum and try it.

Right now, in our bathroom, we have
an electric toothbrush, an electric razor,
an electric sunlamp, an electric hair
dryer and an electric massager. In fact
we have more controls in our john than
they used to get Frankenstein swinging!
Never mind can your wife cook? What
does she know about fuses? A real
catch today isn’t a homemaker. It’s an
electrical engineer.

Speaking of pay checks, I know a
fella who opened his pay envelope and
by mistake, they had put in a blank
check. He didn’t even complain. Fig-
ured his deductions had finally caught
up with his salary. And a pleasant buf-

foonery to all.

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Saturday morning was gloomy as I
drove down Main Street in the yellow
horseless carriage known as “оГ Yel-
ler.” I came to a stop at the Sleeping
Beauty Castle. Peering through the
rain, I saw a large crowd gathered
around a small figure in a full dress suit
and huge red bow tie. Hands were
reaching out to the small fellow who
had very big ears. And shouts of
“Hello, Mickey,” “Hi, Mickey Mouse!”
were heard through the area. Auto-
graph books were thrust out for signa-
tures and little kids and grown up kids
posed for pictures with their old friend,
Mickey Mouse.

In the delight and warmth of the mo-
ment, forgotten was the falling rain.
Such is the magic of Mickey Mouse.

Soon the sun began to shine and the
sounds of the Disneyland Band were

heard coming up Main Street. Bounc-
ing and swinging along in front, baton
in hand, was their leader, Mickey
Mouse, and another day at Disneyland
was under way. Then he turned the
baton over to the bandmaster, Vesey
Walker, and pranced off with a flock of
kids following.

Everybody knows Mickey Mouse.
People from all over the earth hail him
as an old and familiar friend. The gen-
ius of Walt Disney shines through in
his “characters” as well as in his motion
pictures and in Disneyland attractions.
His characters have gone beyond cari-
catures and have become real personal-
ities. At the sight of a character, guests
(and even employees) stop and watch
their antics with sheer delight. It is an
amazing phenomena to see.

The secret of this magic is more than

the familiarity of the characters, more
than the genius of costume and expres-
sion. The quality that touches the hearts
of all comes from the people inside.

But first, the outside character. The
thing that sets a Disney character apart
is that it is incredibly interesting. Then
Walt Disney adds to this the quality of
likeableness. Even the wolf with his evil
eyes and vicious fangs has “something”
about him that you like.

But let us now “get inside” the char-
acters. Where better to start than with
Mickey Mouse? Mickey is pleasant and
always wears a big smile. He is brash
and cocky. But above all, he is friendly
and a little gentleman. And so is Paul
Castle, who is inside Mickey, breathing
life into the character.

Paul was first discovered by Sonja
Heinie. She took him to New York

Rockefeller Center Theatre where he
appeared for almost ten years doing a
variety of animals. Then he went with

the Ice Capades, doing many of the.

Disney characters. Walt Disney first
saw him doing Dopey, of the Seven
Dwarfs. He even did Donald Duck on
ice. When the big drum was built in
1960, Paul was engaged to portray
Mickey.

In his role as Mickey, Paul has had
many interesting experiences. He has
met kings and queens, and famous ce-
lebrities. But Paul says that the most
exciting experience of all is the wonder-
ful smiles that he gets from the children
he meets every day.

Dave Gierens plays both Pinocchio
and Thumper. He had an experience as
Pinocchio recently that made him feel
quite a confidant in personal matters.
A young lady approached him and
spoke of her affection towards him,
saying how much she loved him. Then
she started telling him her whole life
history. Dave was quite surprised, as
the young lady was only three years
old.

Goofy is one of the most popular
characters. With the goofy expression,
lower jaw fallen open, funny little hat
perched on head, long, floppy ears and
long, sloppy shoes, he presents a very
humorous personality.

That is the Goofy of Walt White,
the young man inside. Walt is a real
artist in his portrayal of this role. But

he is such a different type of person

when he sheds Goofy that I asked him
how he developed a character like
Goofy and made him so entertaining.
Walt said that he “had a lot to work
with” in Goofy. But I pressed him fur-
ther. I wanted to know how all of the
characters breathed life into their in-
animate costumes and how they felt
when they went inside. Walt replied
that they are inside hour after hour and
month after month, and that “we hiber-
nate.”

Walt says that his experience has
been an enriching one. It makes him
feel that he is doing something for his
fellow man when he receives smiles and
gives pleasure to people. When he hears
a child say, “Goofy, I love you,” and
then receives a hug and a kiss it makes
him feel warm and good to be a Walt
Disney character. |

Carlos Camacho, as Pluto, tells about

the time he was walking by the Story- |

book Land ride when a lady with a
little boy pointed at him and said,
“Look, Johnny, there goes Dopey the
pig!”

Amin Haddad, as Grumpy, was eat-
ing an orange inside the costume when
a piece fell on the ground outside. A
little girl came to Grumpy and in a
rebuking manner pointed her forefinger
at him saying, “Grumpy, shame on you,
don't be a litterbug!”

In the summer temperatures, up to.

130 degrees have been registered inside

a costume. A character has to get used.

to kids biting, pinching, butting and
kicking them a great deal of the time.

But he has gained more smiles than апу

other attraction in Disneyland. Little
children come running and screaming
the characters’ names. They tell him
that he is their hero and that they watch
him on television.

People frequently inquire of the
whereabouts of Donald Duck. But
Donald is not hereabout. He has very,
very thin legs and is not feasible as a
character. Also the voice made so fa-
mous in the Walt Disney cartoons could
not be satisfactorily imitated.

The costumes must be handled with
the greatest care. They cost about
$1,000 each. Those of the Dwarfs cost
$1,500. Kids get drippy chocolate and
ice cream all over the costumes. The
cleaning bill is $15 per costume. Tails
get ripped off, zippers clogged and
shoes ruined.

The heads are made of a fiber glass
and rubber compound. After the com-
pound is brushed on, it takes six weeks
to cure. Then it takes another two or
three weeks to fashion the heads.

Is it worth it all? Well, 65,000 people

were enchanted by the characters at

the Pro Bowl game. A huge crowd al-
most became hysterical at the “Mary
Poppins” premiere when the characters
came charging out. All bedlam broke
loose... it usually does when the Disne
characters are around. |

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This seems to be the time of year
of many changes. ¢Editor’s Note: spe-
cially at the Baby Station.) Girls and
boys have joined other lands beyond
“dear ole Main Street.” I myself have
just joined forces with Fantasyland.

There is just one “gal” in the Park
who “never moves around”; in fact,
she doesn’t even look like she’s breath-
ing. It almost frightens you. You know
Bellah, Im waiting for your job. Do
you think someday I might have a
chance? I have all the qualifications of
a dummy!

Just the other day a lady with one
_ dozen children came up to my counter
to look at the toys. After I had demon-
strated everything, I asked her if all
these were her children. “Well,” she
very hastily replied, pointing to one
little boy, “That one is not mine.”

Jane Young at the Bank of America
said if you have any problems BE-
SIDES MONEY, she'll be glad to help.

Alex deGonslar at the Silhouette
Studio says he can “cut you out” any
way you want — sideways, backwards,
frontwards, or standing on your head!

On a recent trip down Main Street,
I attempted to use the old familiar
entrance to the backstage area, and
guess where I ended up — 81 Eddie
Meck’s office!! It was worth it. Р. 5. I
thought only the horses used the large
gates.

I heard tell that Marlene Trice had a
bit of a problem at the China Shop one
day. It was one of those busy days and
Marlene was filling out a mail order
request for an elderly matron. Marlene
had just gotten the address, when the
China Shop seemed to get even more
busy. She looked up at the crowd and
just for the sake of conversation said,
“Its a madhouse isn't it?” The elderly
matron looked at Marlene and said,
very stuffily, “It’s a private residence.”

So, for now all my beloved pets on
Main Street, I bid you fond farewell
and hope to see you real soon.

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A famous writer once said, “All of
the animals except Man know that the
principal business of life is to enjoy it”
—but that was before Uncle Walt built
the Magic Kingdom. Every Winter,
more and more of the older generation,
unencumbered by their off-spring, are
putting aside their inhibitions and re-
laxing in the Happiest Kingdom of
Them АП.

As a result, at the end of last season
we didn’t slow down to a walk, but did
a fast trot through the winter season,
into this TENCENNIAL Spring and
are about to gallop into a BIG summer.

Commenting upon certain sights
seen in Fantasyland, Ethel Walker
came up with “Bermuda shorts are
not esthetic on men whose legs are
parenthetic.”

Which reminded me of Richard
Armour’s remark—'A thing for which
I do not care, nor count among esthetic
blisses, is seeing senior matron’s wear,
the gowns designed for junior misses.”

Frank Smith will soon be leaving us,
and we wish him a happy retirement in
the North.

Linette Kimmel and Diane Theil bid
us farewell and are devoting their time
to school, skiing and hunting. Accord-
ing to reports they are doing well in
all three.

Roy Brehm overheard two girls dis-
cussing the Matterhorn, “It evidently

was designed to give the impression of
height.”

Overheard at a Disneyland party—

Pat Keating—“I know he is eating
his heart out for me, but I don’t like
the dish he is doing it with.”

Mary Van Thyme—“I am at the age
now where I don't plan the future, I’m
plotting it.”

Most of us remember Jim George
who left here and joined the police
force. He was in the Park during the
Holidays and was asked how he liked
being a policeman. “Well,” he replied,
“the pay and the hours are good, but
what I like best is that the ‘guest’ is
always wrong.” Paul Boerner watching
the crowd at Casey, overheard a lady
remark to a young man standing beside
her, “Pardon me, but does standing on
my foot give you added height”?

And now for a fantastic fable—the
question being, is it a fable?

Captain Jack Whittington knew
there was something wrong with his
Storybook Land boat, when, after stop-
ping at the Big Bad Wolve's cave, he
flipped the switch to go forward and
the boat went into reverse. He stopped
the boat, made appropriate comments
to the guests ahoard, flipped the switch
again and the boat moved forward to-
ward Alice's village.

Every time he stopped, the same
thing happened; at Toad Hall, and at
the Cottage of the Seven Dwarfs. But,
being a good showman, even though
he had never heard of Ice Blue Secret,
he remained calm and cool. Until, com-
ing into the dock the engine died and,
before he could start it, went into
reverse. Deciding that he had better
locate the trouble before attempting to
help his guests ashore, he discovered a
live mouse by the engine, playing with
the controls. Which unnerved him to
the extent that he swears the mouse
had blonde hair.

MANY READERS HAVE ASKED ONE QUESTION: (ACTUALLY, MY WIFE ASKED ME AT BREAKFAST THE OTHER MORNING.)
WHY HAVE WE NEVER PRINTED A PICTURE OF WALT? WE HAVE. TWO, IN FACT. ONE AS A YOUNG BOY, AND ONE
AS A YOUNG MAN. BUT, HERE IS A PICTURE OF WALT AS HE LOOKS TODAY. (P.S. IF YOU LOOK AT CANDID CORNER,
YOU'LL SEE AN INTERESTING PICTURE.)

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WITCH DOCTOR see many strange
faces from different lands the last few
months. Bob Hanna has been doing
a fine job at The Enchanted Tiki Room.
Some years ago, Bob appeared in sev-
eral Broadway shows including “No
No Nanette” and was a close friend
of Marilyn Miller, the beautiful Zieg-
field show girl. He also worked with
Sally Rand at the World’s Fair.

After his show business stint, he
worked with juvenile authorities run-
ning a teen-age restaurant. From there
he went into aircraft supervision for
fourteen years. At the Tiki Room, Bob
Keeps the birds United, the show up
in the Air, and makes sure everyone
knows their Lines. Hand it to Hanna
for handling the show so well.

Vicki Baltazar was sweeping the pa-
tio the other day and a lady guest
turned around and said, “Dear, don’t
follow so closely—you make me feel
like a horse.”

One rainy day, a guest looked up
and said, “What kind of bird was that?”
Marilyn Wada and Terri Kakuda fly in
on weekends to lend their charm and
keep the guests enchanted. Connie,
Betty and Mary made a pretty change
at the ticket booth. Joyce, the lovely
one, was always telling them not to take
a powder on their break. Fascinating
Patsy was rather deep in thought but
most Brooks run that way.

The Jungle River was drained not
too long ago. This was done to add a
little more color to the spiel. The ride
was in pretty good shape though. As
matter of fact it only took four men
to operate it. Jerry Van Dyke, who
worked the Monorail so long, was a
little confused at times. He kept telling
the guests to get in the nose cone. One
small-fry was eating a cone and getting
it on his nose and his mother said, “Ice
cream when he does that.” Bruce from
the Subs kept saying, “Surface storm
ahead, take her down to two hundred
fifty feet and level off,” every time he

got to Schweitzer Falls. He is really a
level-headed fellow. Some of the boys
were looking for spiel markers, and got
a little punchy after awhile. Al Keipans
said it was just a case of mind over
Matter (Horn). Randy came along to
Bright(en) things up. Elmer Poemo-
ceah had to feather the throttle occa-
sionally and Walt has a heart of gold—
he is a real Brick(er).

Bill was so confused he showed up
in Matterhorn pants, a Submarine shirt
and a Jungle hat. Then he found out
he was to go to the Mules. He wasn’t
stubborn though, because he likes to
bring home the Bacon. Dick Bates
solved the whole thing by getting a row
of lockers. He changed so many times
he looked like a skeleton but it turned
out to be the key to the situation.

Frank McNell likes his cigars and
one day Roy Disney got off the boat
and Frank offered him one. Roy said,
“Thanks, Гуе been wanting one all
day.” Frank was really all puffed up
after that.

A nice gesture by Bud Coulson of
Aunt Jemima’s: Frank Wist was eating
breakfast and it happened to be his
birthday. Bud made him a pancake in
the shape of Mickey Mouse and deco-
rated it, took it to his table, sang happy
birthday and Wist him good luck. A
great guy that Bud.

Terrie Dickenson was a nice addi-
tion to Sunkist. The sun never kist a
fairer maiden. Terrie just got a new
car. She did not know whether to get
a Barracuda or a Mustang. The deal
smelt a little fishy on the former and
she didn’t want to get hooked, so she
was roped into a Mustang. Be careful
where you park it Terrie. I saw one get
clawed by a Jaguar and the owner had
to hoof it.

Nice to see Ron Doyle up and
around. He was talking to some of the
boys in the “break” area. Hope he is
out of the cast soon and in the cast
here. Bob took over at the Big Game
Shoot but would rather have gone
South for the winter. ''Georgeous'
George Knutti wrestled the situation
for awhile but didn't want to be pinned
down too long.

Fulton, that big Burlev fellow, savs
he plavs golf in the low seventies and
if it gets anv colder, he doesn't plav at
all.

Witch Doctor must make magic and

disappear.

MM Al

Ron Doyle has been selected as 1964
“Athlete of the Year” for his prowess
in skiing .. . congrats old peg leg.

Sweet old lady to Bruce Siriani: “Сап
you direct me to the entrance so I can
et out?”
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Lynette Kimmel and Diane Thiel,
two of our sweet young things, have
departed to further their education at
Brigham Young and Montana Univer-
sities. Good luck girls, and keep your
mind on your studies.

Pete C. said he really misses the
balmy New York winters.

Overheard in Submarine while pass-
ing by the mermaids, “Oh, mommy,
look at the girl fish in the strapless!”

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Mark Twain—I was taking tickets at
Mark Twain dock and everybody went
aboard except one lady. She waited
there on the dock until the boat re-
turned, unloaded and took on passen-
gers again. She still didn’t go aboard
and I asked her why. She said that she
was waiting for the train! “But, lady,”
I said, “the train hasn’t run down the
River for at least two years!”

Another time I was taking tickets at
the Mark Twain dock and a gentleman
who spoke only Spanish approached
me. Now I speak six or three words of
every known language. The guest in-
quired, “What ticket?” I said, “D.” He
said “D?” I said, “Si.” He said, “Oh, С,”
and handed me a C coupon and went
through the turnstile leaving me
speechless. No more foreign languages
for me! ወ

Editor’s note: Hank Block speech-

less??!!

— BY CLAUDE PLUM

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KID IN THE SNEAKERS CLIMBING THROUGH THE FENCE.”

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TODAYS NEWS FROM

Several weeks ago, Ron Mullally of
the Submarine Ride was very expertly
asking guests to watch their step as
they entered the Submarine when he
took a step backward and fell into the
water.

Monorail operator, Mike Gilbert,
was standing on the Monorail platform
with a group waiting for the Monorail
to come in, when a little old lady
stepped up and asked, “Aren’t there
any seats on this ride young man?”

The Matterhorn personnel have most
of their guest problems with the
younger set. Cherril Oram was helping
a young girl out of a bobsled when the
teenager suddenly raised her hand in
which she carried a brush and a rat-tail
comb and speared Cherril in the nose.

Wes Demmons, who also works on
the Matterhorn, when he was asked
why he always wears his parka on the
hottest days commented that it was his
personal steam jacket.

Roy Vernon was working at the Art
of Animation when he saw a twenty
dollar bill laying on the ground. How-
ever, as he stooped to pick it up a small

elderly lady placed her foot on it. Quite
casually Roy looked up at her and said,
'Let's split it.”

A guest standing on the back step of
the Monsanto House of the Future,
which faces the Matterhorn, asked Jim
Speak where the bobsled ride was. Jim
told her it was on the other side of the
mountain. The guest asked, “What
mountain?”

The Monsanto Exhibit has a new dis-
play which features authentic costumes
worn by famous ladies of history in
contrast with modern fashion creations
of man-made fibers.

The new display which premiered
last January 19 is titled “Fabrics and
Fashions Through the Ages,” and tells
visually the story of man’s apparel from
antiquity to modern times.

Highlighting the display are gowns
worn by such famous names in history
as Julia Taylor, wife of the 10th U. S.
President, Mary Todd Lincoln, Sarah
Bernhardt, Queen Alexandra of Eng-
land, and the late Jean Harlow.

In startling contrast to the historic
garments are a group of five contempo-
rary gowns created for the exhibit by
Anthony Muto of New York, entirely
of nylon fibers made by Monsanto’s
Chemstrand Company Division.

Monsanto has been an exhibitor at
Disneyland since the Park opened. The
company opened its “Hall of Chem-
istry” that same year, and followed in
June, 1957, with the introduction of
the Monsanto plastic-formed “Home of
the Future.” Monsanto’s third display
of “Fabrics and Fashions Through the
Ages” adjoins the “Hall of Chemistry”
in Tomorrowland.

Monsanto Company, headquartered
in St. Louis, is the third largest chem-

ical manufacturing firm in the United
States. It holds a major position in the
textile field through its Chemstrand
division, producer of nylon and Acrilan
acrylic fibers.

We have passed another Christmas
season, and have another year under
way. Seems as if every one has settled
down to a slow pace after a very hectic,
WET holiday season!

Bonnie (Hotel coffee shop) decided
to join the bowling field! Many times
she’s wondered WHY!

We are still trying to get Joannie
(coffee shop) to tell us where she was
going when she asked for the weekend
off.

Vi left with her family to move to
Detroit just about the time things got
snowed in back there! Bet she Il miss
our sunshine!

We're very happy to welcome TWA
to the Hotel family. (1 will have to
stop saying “follow the Monorail beam
over to the Park entrance — TWA is in
the Saga Motel.)

We're very happy to see Marilyn’s
smiling face behind the United Air-
lines counter again. We missed you.

Finally, we have that busy, dizzy,
blonde in the red suit back in her “cor-
ner of the lobby” — better known as
Avis. We missed you, Bette, as well as
everyone else in your group.

Ralph, a host in the coffee shop, has
been wearing a plain gold band on his
left hand — but no info.

Shirley (beauty shop) hopes to re-
turn to work any day — after many
weeks at home She, unfortunately,
required a very serious surgery after
cutting her finger while drying a drink-
ing glass.

Susie Brooks just returned to the
Hotel Sales Office — she’s been on a
“tour” with her three younger sisters
who have a musical group.

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10-4 FROM
SECURIT TY

I hope you all had a Happy St. Pat-
rick’s Day last month. March 17 is one
day to be extra happy. As my pa once
said to his grandson, “Grandson, in this
world there are only two kinds of peo-
ple, the Irish, and those who wish they
were Irish.” (It was a great shock for
my boy the first time he cut himself.
You see, his grandfather had always
told him that his blood was green.)

For a few weeks we really had a K-9
force: 19 dogs. Imagine, 19 dogs and
only 24 full time Security officers. I
meekly suggested the beautiful man-
eaters be put on a slow boat to China,
but the 15 pups were given to some very
happy families.

Now if we could just find four more
nice families who would like their back
yards guarded. We guarantee these dogs
to frighten anyone and everyone. They
are on duty in the ''happvland' from
7:30 p.m. to about 5 a.m. Ed Poirer,
Les Ford and Harvey Clayton are the
brave men who handle the dogs most
of the time. Some of our other ever-
faithful star-gazers are Jessie Gibbs,
Edwin Bullard, and Morris Lipps,
under the able direction of Supervisor
Bob Alderson.

Wait until you see some of the new
fellows on duty this Spring at the
dances. Boy, are we going to give com-
petition to the Jolly Green Giant. We
will now be known as the Happy Blue
Giants. The new men range from 6'2”
to 6'8”. Stop by and say hello to Dave
Souther, Bob Boyke and Ron Brown.
Good luck to the “Happy Blue Giants.”
P.S. Isn’t it amazing what Upjohn's
vitamins can do for you?

All of the new men have to be
screened by Judy Justus. Watch out
men, this girl is anxious. Just keep pray-
ing, Judy. Look what happened to Con-
nie Thompson. July 3, 1965 is to be
Connie’s big day with Art Christian, a
lieutenant on the Whittier Police Force.

Karen Cook has been in another
world the past few weeks. She only
leaves Cloud Nine long enough to pre-
pare that delicious southern fried

chicken for her new hubby. Diane Zar-
lingo is another of our gals who is try-
ing to figure out how two can live as
cheaply as one. When she does, we will
lose another charming Miss Disney-
land. Adell Davis just keeps telling her
it’s easy, no problem, just don’t eat.
But, the wise young owl, Carolyn Long,
just shakes her head.

As you go in and out the gate, you
may find the officer on duty smiling, or
maybe, a little on the grumpy side. We
always try to remember to take our
happy, happy pill. One thing is for sure,
we do appreciate all the happy smiles
and warm hello’s from our co-workers.
Thanks to all of you who help make our
day happier.

One of the finest men on our force is
Al Bierman. Al works swing, and you
can find him at Winston Gate. If you
are lucky enough to meet him during
your working day, be sure to say hello.

May I remind you that we have a
new and even more inspiring moment
at “Colors.” Vesey Walker and his band
and Security are better than ever with
the new drum roll.

More than ever, reach for that I.D.
card, or else the “Happy Blue Giant”

may get you.

DELLA
STRATHMANN

Seems everyone — including me —
enjoyed my vacation. The Hotel em-
ployees enjoyed having someone so nice
as Ruthie B. to replace me. Carl Free-
berg especially enjoyed me being gone!
It’s almost too quiet — he's a nice guy,
anyway.

When summer schedules start, we'll
sure miss Ava Semero at the Main
Street Station. We lost her to a nice
Irish fellow, Tom Kelly. Tom, your
gain is our loss. We all send our wishes
for many years of happiness.

Steve “Yogi Bear’ Babbitt decided

to use his semester break to take his
first jet flight to St. Louis, Missouri. He
was there for four days — he was so
excited he almost took off before the
plane did.

Jim Cora has once again become a
father. Only this time, it’s a German
shepherd pup from our Security dogs.
Hope his dog makes “Baldur” look
small when it’s grown.

The better half of the Jim Eason
family recently flew to Minnesota due
to sickness. Lorraine and her mother
took over the brother’s mail route. They
were out in weather — 51 degrees be-
low! She’ll appreciate our sunny
California!

We seem to forever be saying good-
bye to Mike Gilbert. He’s off for New
York to the “Small World” this time.
See you when the Fair folds up!

We've either lost or loaned Frank
Slohn to some other department. As
this goes to press, he's in the company
of that very dashing man about town,
Jack Olsen — the only real upsetting
part is that Frank has no friends who
are off on Saturday and Sunday. We
hate to admit it, but we miss him.

I feel we had a first recently — Car-
oline Winterberg came to the Hotel —
laughing all the way! Seems she sold
a General Admission to a lady; she was
in the process of selling to the next
guest. The first lady was talking loud
and excited about not having received
a ticket; she had searched her wallet
and bag. She was finally asked if she
had checked the corner of her mouth!

May I say a great big thanks to that
wonderful group at WED — although
we're a couple of months past Christ-
mas week, we would still like to express
our very sincere appreciation for the
super party! Getting to see the New
Orleans section, the Bayou Ride, etc. —
Only one mix-up all evening; we had a
blonde that seemed to be continually
getting misplaced. Anyone seen Lois???

A former employee of long, long ago
suddenly turned up recently in Hawaii
(he was sending cards from there). See
you soon Mr. Van de Walker.

We are sorta losing a member of our
family — not really, though. Jim Hey-
ing has been given the opportunity to
join the Accounting Department at Ret-
law. We’ll miss you Jim, and yet so
happy for you.

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Wally and Gary have promised that
this will be the biggest issue ever, so
give me room, lots of it.

Starting with Cash Control, the news
is that Carl and Ruth are visiting Swe-
den in April. Carl is also going to New
York to see how the Fair is, but he was
there last year, New York is Old Hat,
whereas Sweden is Old Country. So
that Carl can decide which is which, I
can advise him that in New York they
drive on THIS side of the road, but in
Sweden they use THAT side.

Jumping with both feet into time, I
can imagine Carl being asked on his
return if he took any scenic photo-
graphs, and replying “No, but I’ve got
snaps of Lapps.” However, if he should
reply, “No, but Гуе got lots of
Schnapps,” you can be assured we will
find a new use for the ticket shredding
machine. But when he is in Sweden, I
would like him to confirm, or otherwise
whether it is true that at Uppsala Uni-
versity the cheer leaders of whatever
sport they play there shout “Up-sa-
daisy Uppsala” when their team is los-
ing. Any more of this and as quick as
you can say “Smorgasbord” ГЇЇ be stuck
in Ibsen’s Dog House. Happy vacation
to you both.

In the brow-wrinkling corner, Fred
and Clint are brow-wrinkling over
Easter schedules with everyone fighting
for the same off days. On the side, Fred
is immersed im English history and is
fascinated by the shenanigans of the
Tudors. The Tudors, I may mention,
are a line of English monarchs, and are
not to be confused with products of the
automobile industry, which are Tudors
and Fourdors.

Clint is also busy as treasurer of the
D.R.C., and judging by the amount of
work he takes home, he is going through
the accounts and budget with a fine-
tooth comb. And if any of you gentle
readers have ever gone through ac-
counts and a budget with a fine-tooth
comb, you can well imagine how diffi-
cult and monumental the task is.

Over in the ticket vault, Mike has on

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display a sample of each ticket sold in
the Park. This should be a boon and
a blessing to him as many times I see
him confused, thumbing through a bun-
dle of ticket books and murmuring,
“Now what does a child's 10-ride ticket
book look like?” Everyone knows it is
marked clearly with the figures 15, and
is colored red and stamped “М.К.
Youth Book . . . for use on first Sunday
after Epiphany.”

Kenny is also busy with his ticket
books and tickets, gleefully finding
room for his Easter bundles. When I
see Kenny totting up the usage of his
machine tickets, over the years I am
reminded of one of Mark Twain’s bit
of verse that goes something like:

A bluish green ticket for a ten cent
fare

And a punch in the presence of the
passenjare.

On the distaff side, Casey is still
crooning over her driving license. She
belts all over the place in her little car
and is nearly running out of places to
go. That probably is why so many new
freeways are being built... she has
already worn out the existing one to
San Diego and the lions at the zoo there
nudge each other and growl, “There she
is again.”

Vi is relaxing after the M. K. card
avalanche, and is a friend for potato
chips... the non-crunchy kind. She is
also partial to French rolls and cheese
and I have to lock my lunch in the vault
and forget the combination when she
puts on a hungry look. Annette is our
expert on the printing machine and can
work it without getting a spot of ink on
herself. When I tackle it, I finish up
like an adult version of Gainsborough’s
Blue Boy.

Back in the cash vault, Don is busy
collecting coin. I think he is jealous of
Mike with his samples of tickets and
he is going to make a sample display
of the money used. It should come in
handy for us tellers. When we are con-
fused (which is very seldom), we can
run into Don’s vault and verify what
a $10 bill looks like, or check to see if
we really have a quarter and not an 8
Anna piece from Pakistan.

Wardrobe doesn’t have any news...
at least so the official spokeswoman for
Wardrobe told me. Everytime I pass
there, however, they are all busy with
lots of characters hanging around.
Eddie mans the front office, and when
I last saw Lulu she was as pleasant as
ever and said everything was “so-so.”

Accounting and Payroll seem to be
in a huff at not getting their last news
published, so Pm turning up to work
in sackcloth and ashes for the next week

or so. Just ignore me if you see me. I
hope by the next Backstage, I will be
forgiven and I look for a light in their
window which will signify, “All is for-
given ... return for our news.”
I have been accused of leaving people
out of this column, so to make sure
there is no mistake this time, I give you
the following deathless lines:
There’s Dave and Dick
And Boyd and Bill
Just take your pick
Of Who you Will.

As for me. I’m fine

BY
JIMINY!

By the time you read this, we'll be
up to our MousekeEARS with orien-
tation classes, on-the-job training and
the million and one other things that
must be completed before “It’s A Small
World” reopens for another smash sea-
son in the Pepsi-Cola Pavilion at the
New York World’s Fair.

Work went on at the Pavilion dur-
ing the cold winter months so that
everything would be ready this year.
“Gracious” Grace Sicignano kept the
dolls’ costumes sparkling, while the
show and the building were maintained
by Don McDonald, George Berlent
and Pete Siminelli.

In addition to keeping his eye on the
Pepsi show, Lou Roth also kept tabs on
our three other Walt Disney shows—the
“Magic Skyway” (Ford Motor Com-
pany Wonder Rotunda), the “Carousel
of Progress,” the “Sky Dome Spectacu-
lar” and the “Medallion City” at Gen-
eral Electric Progressland; and “Great
Moments With Mr. Lincoln” at the
Illinois Pavilion. Assisting Lou at the
Queens office are Fred Tatum, Marilyn
Plummer and ልላ] Sziklay.

Bob Matheison will be the Mana-
ger of the Pepsi-Cola Pavilion this sea-
son. He will be assisted by Bill Sullivan.
Supervisors include Bill Hoelscher,
Frank Stanek, Frank Petitta, John Ed-
wards and Bob White. Chuck Burnes
will stay only two months this season,

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leaving as soon as orientation classes
are completed and things get rolling
smoothly. Lead men on the dock are
Disneylanders Bob Fowler (his second
season at the Fair), Bruce Siriani and
Mike Gilbert.

We were pleasantly surprised to
see so many members of our “Small
World” cast enjoying the sights at Dis-
neyland this winter. Among them were
Kathy Graczyk, Bob Russon, Carolyn
Della-Vedowa, Maureen Baker, Karen
Dudley, Pan Lytle, Jim Jackson,
Brenda Greene, Bruce Mollard, Nels
Bogren, Alan Spanier, Dan Mallea,
Dave Paperd, Tom Stabile and Bill
Temple. UNICEF's Allan Walker was
here about a week and said he really
enjoyed every moment of it.

There are many changes around the
646-acre World's Fair grounds for the
final season. As far as we're concerned,
we've added 5 more boats, bringing our
hourly count to 45,000. To alleviate a
terrible problem with nickels, the ad-
mission price for our show is now $1.00
for adults and 60 cents for children.

Last year, close to 5 million guests
cruised through our beautiful show,
and were looking forward to many
more this season, by jiminy!

CELEBRITY ¿^
PORTS,

All at Celebrity had a big thrill on
Saturday, Feb. 20, when, in conjunction
with our local T.V. show, bowling on
the “300 Challenge,” two area bowlers
won $9,300!

To our knowledge, this is the biggest
bowling prize ever won at any bowling
establishment in this Rocky Mountain
Area, and it is fitting that it should have
happened at the hub of bowling activity
in the area, Celebrity Sports Center.
What is the “300” Challenge? Well, it’s
a unique bowling feature where any
two bowlers, whose combined average
is not over 300, bowl two lines, scotch
doubles (taking turns all the way
through, bowling alternate balls), with
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pins 18 the two games. If the winning
team on T.V. bowls exactly 300 on the
show, they win a weekly prize of
$5,000. $1,000 is added each week, and
the weekly first prize is $300. This last
week the prize was up 10 $9,000. And
it finally happened! The happy team of
Sandy Baessler and Cal Bauer, from
Boulder, Colorado, provided a fantastic
series of thrills to win.

The whole Celebrity gang turned out
one nite last week to bid Bon Voyage
and God-Speed to Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Bongirno, in a party at the Cart N’ Rib.
Our popular Controller was leaving us
for a splendid position as Treasurer at
WED. Max Sloan, our “Gary Cooper-
ish” Chef outdid himself by preparing
a fantastic meal for all. We all hate to
lose Carl, but all realize what a step up
it is for this popular young man.

The first Annual Celebrity Employ-
ees Bowling Tournament was held a
few weeks back. Organized by the Ac-
counting Dept.’s Gordon Mosley, the
affair culminated with a dinner meeting
for the winners, who all received hand-

some trophies. In Ladies’ Singles, Sue
Evans was 181 with a big 264 series,
with Francis Lenz taking second with
594. In Men’s Singles action, Al Moore
copped the duke with 639, nine pins
ahead of second place Bob Murrary
who did 630. In Mixed Doubles, Janice
and Tom Murphy knocked down 1187
pins to cop 181 over DeLois and Norm
Nichols who had 1134. All participants
agreed it was fun...

Skiing in our high country has been
just fantastic. And, in connection with
this, a group of hardy Celebrity em-
ployees have been hitting the slopes
quite regularly under the good guid-
ance of genial Bud Day, Group Sales.
Bud is a veteran member of the Colo-
rado Ski Patrol, is a splendid skier in
his own right, and from reports from
our ruddy-cheeked but happy employ-
ees he is also a fine teacher of skiing.
(Editors Note: Then how come your
employees have been hitting the slopes

quite regularly. )
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MIPIRTEMARGE

With the summer season just a few
months awav, all of the maintenance
departments have been busv getting the
rides and attractions into top shape. The
overhaul situation looks quite good.
The big river in Frontierland was emp-
tied out, which was a real drain on
everyone concerned. A lot of heavy
equipment was used; bulldozers, etc.
There was no time for dozing, believe
me. There was plenty of mud around
too, and the boys had their hands full —
and their feet, too. This is the latest
scoop on the river.

Erwin Letak was discussing some of

the problems of the African Veldt area.
He tells me the movement of the lions
are controlled by cams which actuate
rams inside the lions. This is quite inter-
esting, as most people thought there
were zebras inside the lions. I asked him
if there were any ramchargers in the
Hippo Pool, but for some reason he
wants to Dodge the issue.

The Carrousel just underwent its first
major alteration in fifty years. Howard
“Pete” Peterson says all of the plaster-
of-paris trim is being replaced with
fiberglass. This will make the Carrousel
several tons lighter.

I understand there won’t be so much
pressure from above and the boys on
the attraction will carry more weight in
the Park, and not lose their bearings so
often. This was a major task. The horses
are made of wood, and have to be re-
worked. This can stirrup some prob-
lems, but I guess the boys are saddled
with it. Warren Phillips had his hand in
the painting, and all departments are
to be commended for the fine work
involved.

Mondo, of electrical maintenance,
who has been in the Park nine years,
says it’s still a merry-go-round to work

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on. Wilber, who works in plastics, mak-
ing the animal characters, tells me that
Mickey Mouse’s head is made of latex
and cheese cloth. Paul, who really
makes Mickey come to life, is wise to
these facts. He does get a little light-
headed at times. Sky keeps the cable
going on the Skyway, and everyone gets
the message on the other end.

Bill Kohn and Tony Padilla (the
Mutt and Jeff of the.carpenters) have
the night shift nailed down. Those boys
are a real pair of comics. Joe Spindler
makes a clean sweep of the Park. He
keeps Wayne Ford, Carmen Roppa,
and Ron Drennan on the ball.

Elmer says the reason the Haunted
House hasn’t opened is that not enough
cobwebs have formed yet.

Cecil says it takes five to six hundred
gallons of paint, and often times more,
to cover some of the streets in the differ-
ent areas. On cold days they have to put
on more coats, and sometimes work up
a sweat(er).

Here are a few thumbnail sketches of
the boys in the different departments:

Otto Guenther has been with Disney-
land ten years. He was born in Berlin,
Germany and came to this country in
1950. The Park is kept beautiful by
gardeners such as he, and you Otto
know a little of his background. As a
matter of fact, he is bending his back
to the ground most of the time. Sort of
has his roots in Disneyland now.

The smell of castor oil, roaring
motors, the checkered flag, and the
winner’s circle. That was the life of
Mario D’Amore of the machine shop,
back in the 1930’s and early forties.
Mario built his own car and raced at
all the dirt tracks up and down the coast
in So. Calif. He knew and competed
with all the great drivers of the day.
From racing to ship building in the
forties, and then to Disneyland. Mario
has been here nine years, and no longer
tools a midget. Now he tools in the
machine shop.

Joe Diaz of the paint department was
born in Pueblo, Colorado, and has been
with the Park nine years. He is married
and has six children. Two of his sons
are serving in the Air Force. Joe served
in the Signal Corps. during World War
П and fought in the Battle of the Bulge.
He has done a lot of painting on the
Park’s trains. This is intricate work and
not as “easel” as it looks, especially if
you get off on the wrong track.

We will try to cover-all of the main-
tenance areas in future issues, and more
of the men in those departments.

SPORTS...

The sounds of loud profanity and
crushing beer cups may sound like
home to you, but as far as this column
is concerned, it is supposed to denote
the arrival of the baseball season. The
| D.R.C., being gluttons for punishment,
have again scheduled baseball trips to
Dodger Stadium. These games are:

April 14 -- Angels vs. Yankees
April 25 — Dodgers vs. Giants
May 26 — Dodgers vs. Cardinals
June 30 -- Angels vs. Twins

July 28 — Dodgers vs. Reds

August 24 — Angels vs. Indians

$3.65 gets you a seat in Dodger Sta-
dium, bus transportation to and from
the game, and refreshments while en-
route. It might.be wise to get to know
Mickey Clowers and Tom Mitchell. I
understand they are due to repeat as
keepers of the beer on the busses this
year. |
For those of you who can't stand to

see an unadulterated asbestos ceiling, a.
new club is being formed. The Push Pin.

Throwing Club. For those who are in-
terested, president Mij Aroc has called
a meeting for Friday, June 31, 8:00
p.m. at the Leo Gorcey Memorial
Library.

Sports Quiz: This question came
from Frank Stanek, our hard-punching
Cash Control man at the Small World
exhibit in New York. How did the
Golden Horseshoe get its name?

The Ball Return Kicking Fraternity
had a drawing last December. Prize
winners were:

John Vozar Portable TV

- Kenny St. Hill Man's Watch
Jim Riley Tape Recorder
Earl Schreiner Radio
Della Strathman 1 807/55 Shaver
Millie Malley Radio
Jack McCloskey ( Camera
Tom Mitchell Golf Balls

John Catone | Turkey
Bobby Thompson ‘Turkey
Matt Kim Turkev
Mav Legg Turkev
Nan Assen Turkev
Teri Dickerson Turkev
AI Keipans Turkev
Pat McClease Turkey `
Phil Harvey Turkey
Bill Hogarth Turkey

And Janie Attwater won two tickets

— to the First Annual Radish Festival at

Needles.

As far as league play is concerned,
on mixed-up Monday, the Silhouette
team, anchored by Don Fairbanks, has
shadowed their way into the lead. How-
ever, a hard-pressed Chef’s Linen team
led by Hoot Gibson is threatening to
regain the number one position. Indi-
vidual statistics are:

SCRATCH

Men's High Game: |

Gene Carr and Jack McCloskey, 278
Women’s High Game:

Valerie Crosby, 234

Men’s High Series:

Jack McCloskey, 671

Women’s High Series:

Carol Osburn, 653

HANDICAP

Men’s High Game:

Gene Carr, 284

Women’s High Game:

Valerie Crosby, 259

Men’s High Series:

Terry McMillan, 713

Women’s High Series:

Carol Osburn, 707

On scratchy Tuesdays, Paul Legg’s
J. B. Allen team holds a narrow one-
game edge over Arnold Gehrls and his
Toothless Tigers. A very unreliable
source informs me the J. B. Allen team

ISANOTHE
MANS FROLIC

will stay on top. Individual leaders in-

clude Mickey Clowers with a high game

of 268, Ernie Maxwell and Harvey
Severson with a 258 each, John Yarber

with a high series of 684, and Ernie

Maxwell and Gene Carr with a 661
each.
Sportsman of the Month Award: То

Carolyn Long, Sweetheart of the Oper-

ations Division, who has typed over 600
Small World form letters, and has a
different four-letter word describing
each one!

Despite the fine efforts of Pete
Homer, Johnny Delgado, Eric Westin,
Rex Shumaker and Larry Nunez,
Coach Bill Williamson is smarting
somewhat from the 6 and 6 record of
the. Disneyland Basketball team. Not
that the team doesn’t function well as
a unit, but Coach Williamson feels his

team is somewhat outclassed playing in

a league with teams that carry former
All America basketball players. By the '
way Bill, what’s this opponent I saw on
your schedule. The Phillips Oilers?

Sports Quiz Answer: Because it was
constructed in the shape of a trapizoid!
Thank you, Frank.

The people you see entering the
Training Center at-7:30 a.m. every first
and third Sunday of the month on
crutches are not there to attend a meet-

i ing of the DAV. On the contrary, they

are members of our lively Disneyland

Ski Club. Lack of good skiing condi-

tions have kept such stalwarts as Heidi
Kuchenmeister, Don Hufstader, Dolo-
res Bramblett, and Tom Nabbe on the
local scene engaging in indoor sports
like the recent cider feast and dinner
expertly repaired by Connie Swanson.
No ski trips to our own Matterhorn
have been planned yet.
Until next time —Nomikomu—

American history would be incom-
plete without the lore of the Cherokee
Nation; without the stories of savage
battles, of stirring bravery, and of wise
leaders.

It was a Cherokee Sequoia who in-
vented the first Indian alphabet, and, in
1828, the first Indian newspaper was
published under the title of The Chero-
kee Phoenix.

Today in Disneyland we have our
own full-blooded Cherokee: Bill Wil-
kerson, owner of the Indian Trading
Post.

Bill was born in 1902 in the last dec-
ade of the Cherokee Nation before it
became the Indian territory that is now
Oklahoma.

He was raised by his parents in the
oil fields which were activated in 1897.

His father, Richard, lived to the age of
96 and his mother, Anna, died only re-
cently at 94. Bill has been married for
29 years to his wife, Edna, a Chicago
girl of Swiss-German descent.

Bill went to school in the oil fields
and then on to college where he ma-
jored in music and studied voice. After
college he entered vaudeville as a singer
on the Loew’s circuit. When vaudeville
folded in 1928, Bill was offered the
opportunity to express Indian views on
radio station KCRC in Enid, Okla-
homa, and he later became program
director for the station.

After leaving KCRC, Bill toured the
country lecturing on Indian tribes, tell-
ing of their history and their modern
day problems. In his research work,
Bill came upon many legends that he

BILL `

— A PROFILE
BY MIKE O'BRIEN

believed, if presented properly, could
be recorded by the motion picture in-
dustry for educational and entertain-
ment purposes.

He came to California in 1936 to
present his ideas to Hollywood but the
motion picture industry decided that
there was not enough romance in the
stories.

After his brush with Hollywood, Bill
opened a saddle shop in Burbank.

When Disneyland was constructed,
it was Walt’s desire that the Frontier-
land area include a section devoted to
the American Indian. To fulfill this de-
sire, the Indian Village was designed,
giving special attention to accuracy and
realism. Located along the Rivers of
America, the village is set among a pro-
fusion of trees, bushes and plants. To

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"THE ORIGINAL STAND

THE BIRCH BARK LODGE

THE STORE TODAY

help make it complete, Walt wanted an
authentic Indian Store, and a man to
run it who was a real Indian.

In 1956 Bill was approached by a
representative of the Walt Disney Stu-
dio and invited to open an Indian store
with real Indian merchandise. But he
believed that the sale of only Indian
merchandise could not support such a
venture and he declined the invitation.

Next he was invited to a luncheon
meeting in Walts Studio office where
the conversation pertained to Indians
and Indian lore. Three hours later the
meeting ended with Bill the proprietor
of Disneyland's first Indian store.

The first store was a stand — without
a cover—and it was located near the
entrance tunnel. It was made of poles
tied together with leather thongs and

was about eight feet long and seven feet
high. But it had genuine Indian goods,
along with some that were not so
genuine.

Tomahawks, headfeathers, bows and
arrows, and moccasins looked Indian,
but of necessity had to be more eco-
nomically produced. There were also
real Indian beaded moccasins, hand-
made blankets and rugs, jewelry, and
handicrafts that were collected by Bill
on his travels among the various Indian
tribes.

As business grew, more space was
needed. To overcome this problem, the
birch bark lodge was built. A Chippewa
Indian from Lac de Flambeau, Wiscon-
sin was brought in to help with the con-
struction to make the lodge authentic.

When the new Indian Village was

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BILL, IN 1934

constructed in 1962, it was patterned
after the villages of the Northwest
Plains Indians. A new Indian store was
also built—the one we see todav. But
this store was not built of poles tied
together with strips of leather. It was
constructed with steel pipes and beams.
The steel was then covered with wire
mesh given a coat of plaster and other
materials to make it appear like logs
and wood.

The merchandise of the new Indian
Store is still the authentic Indian goods
that come from all the plains tribes.
Indian rugs and jewelry are still plenti-
ful but bead work is hard to find. A bit
of the old West still remains in Disney-
land’s Indian Village.

TWO OF THE MOST ELECTRIFYING GENTS IN DISNEYLAND — A PIPE FITTER SMOKING A CIGAR? ? HERE'S A SWINGER . . FRANK FORSYTH
MONDO QUAGLIA & TOM KEENE — MAURICE WHITE (PLUMBING) BELIEVE IT OR NOT, HE HIT IT!

LOUIE FRANCUC, MACHINIST, SHOWS ANIMATION WHILE ON AN INSPECTION TOUR WITH A FREQUENT VISITOR TO THE PARK.

six months, Backstage Disneyland presents...

As a public service to ticket-sellers and anyone else who may be confused by the price changes during the last

REVISED, CURRENT, UP-TO-DATE, INACCURATE DISNEYLAND PRICES

General Admission4
Lieutenant Admission'

Pfc. Admission
5-ride book8

10-ride book

15-ride book!2

17-ride book!>

Starlite Ticket Book
Employee Discount Books!7

Guided Tour!?

‘For a complete copy of all Disneyland prices, send $2.95 and 1965 Mickey Mouse Club Membership Card to: Prices, Box 1,

Gooden, 11].

ŻNot available between 10 and 11 a.m. or after 5:09 p.m. on weekdays during the summer.

*See note 6.

*Also includes admirals and WACS.
"Does not include 2nd lieutenants.
"бее note 9.

"Will be raised to $:19 effective July 31.

(abridged version)!

By Marty Cooper
Adult Junior?
4-6 years

$2.00 $1.98
1.98 22
345 2.98?
5.67 ——11

12.75 7.5413
4.3216 1.87
9.67 6.43
5.00 4.00

‘Not offered between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. August 10 through August 22.

*See note 11.

Does not include admission.

“See note 3.
“Includes free meal at Ken-L-Land.
“Includes admission to Holidayland.
«Doesn't include anything.

SNo longer available.

“Not offered on cloudy nights between January 7 and March 4.

"Available between 2 and: 3 p.m. daily, second floor, Operations Building.

See note 6.

"13065 not include admission to any “dark rides.”

“Includes admission to all Park telephone booths.

Child
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$1.96

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